Year 7 Humanities: Rivers Quiz

Which one is a part of the water cycle where rain or snow falls?

• Flow

• Precipitation

• Storage

• Evaporation

What do we call the place where rainwater goes into the soil?

• Condensation

• Run-off

• Infiltration

• Mouth

Which of these is an output of the water cycle?

• River channel

• Groundwater

• Evaporation

• Rainfall

What is a drainage basin?

• A type of ocean

• A lake that holds water

• An area where all water flows into one river

• A type of cloud

Which of these separates two river areas (basins)?

• Mouth

• Confluence

• Watershed

• Source

What does 'erosion' mean?

• When a river gets blocked

• When rocks are worn away by water

• When rain stops falling

• When rivers grow longer

What type of erosion happens when water hits the riverbanks with force?

• Solution

• Attrition

• Hydraulic action

• Transportation

Which erosion process smooths rocks as they bump into each other?

• Abrasion

• Attrition

• Solution

• Evaporation

What happens in abrasion?

• Water dissolves the rock

• Rocks smash together

• Rocks scrape the river bed

• Rain freezes

Which erosion type breaks down limestone using acid in water?

• Hydraulic action

• Abrasion

• Solution

• Deposition